Village Builders' GHBA Benefit home sold before framing

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September 5, 2013

The recent sale of the Village Builders' Benefit home highlights the teamwork that was a driving factor in the home's early sale. Village Builders is constructing its Williamsburg Plan in the community of Bridgeland for the project. The home is one of three being built this year for the Greater Houston Builders Association Benefit Homes Project, a 33-year-old fundraiser that benefits local charities.

The sale of the home came before it was even framed. Christine Gondron Havens, CSP, new-home consultant for Village Builders since 2001, worked with the potential home buyers to meet their requirements, while keeping the fundraiser's mission a priority - 'To help ensure a brighter future for the community's less fortunate, through the heart and hands of the home-building industry.' The beneficiaries of the project are Texas Children's Cancer Center, the Alzheimer's Association and HomeAid Houston.

Havens worked with Lana and Amine Belmokadem. The Belmokadems purchased the Benefit Home a few weeks after the ground breaking in Bridgeland.

"The Belmokadems were looking throughout Bridgeland for a home ideally suited to their growing family," Havens said. "When they saw that there was a home being built by Village Builders that, when sold would benefit several charities, and the design also matched their needs, they were excited to be a part of the Benefit Homes Project."

Havens shared the desire to give back to the community through the Benefit Homes Project. She has committed to donating her commission from the sale to the fundraiser.

"It was a natural step to take, and an easy one for me," she said.

Other donations being made for the GHBA fundraiser are many of the materials and services needed to build the home. Dozens of subcontractors and vendors have joined the Village Builders' team to make this charity project a huge success.

Bridgeland's developer, the Howard Hughes Corp., worked with the Benefit Homes Project to donate the homesite. The Woodlands Development Co. manages Bridgeland.

Each year two or three homes are built for the Benefit Homes Project with donated materials, labor and services from GHBA members. The homes are sold at market value and the majority of the proceeds benefit the charities. The project has raised more than $8 million.

Construction has begun on a second Benefit home. Virgin Homes is building its Charleston plan in the Conroe community of WaterStone. Steve Bowen, developer of the community is donating construction management of the home and donated the homesite.

For more information about the Benefit Homes Project, visit www.ghba.org or call the GHBA at 281-970-8970.